About the day » Wednesday July 12, 2000Calender converter

• Talitha Armandine Gillian Roetering, Den Helder
• Lawrence Janson († 2017)

• Cornelis Adrianus Petrus Maria van Iersel (71), Breda
• Aukje van der Veen (82), Roordahuizum, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Crommelin (86), Breda
• Catherine Leland Todd (82), Destin, Okaloosa, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Aaron L BUSCHE (69), Litchville, Barnes, North Dakota, United States of America
• Aileen Mary SMITH (86), Tandara, Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia
• Anny OTTEN (74), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia Maria Pul (69)
• Alma Bertha Cady (89), Keokuk, IA
• David K. Bogaard (57), Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, VS

• 1991 » James Rodríguez, Colombian footballer
• 1991 » Salih Dursun, Turkish footballer
• 1992 » Bartosz Bereszyński, Polish footballer
• 1993 » Kurt Capewell, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Kanako Momota, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1995 » Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast
• 1995 » Luke Shaw, English footballer
• 1996 » Jordan Romero, American mountaineer
• 1996 » Moussa Dembélé, French footballer
• 1997 » Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1996 » John Chancellor, American journalist (b. 1927)
• 1997 » François Furet, French historian and author (b. 1927)
• 1998 » Arkady Ostashev, Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1925)
• 1998 » Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1907)
• 1998 » Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (b. 1941)
• 1999 » Rajendra Kumar, Bollywood actor, (b. 1921)
• 2000 » Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1908)
• 2001 » Fred Marcellino, American author and illustrator (b. 1939)
• 2003 » Benny Carter, American trumpet player, saxophonist, and composer (b. 1907)
• 2003 » Mark Lovell, English race car driver (b. 1960)

1. Thomas
2. Robin
3. Tom
4. Max
5. Tim
6. Niels
7. Justin
8. Jacob
9. Wouter
10. Rick
11. Lars
12. Jan
13. Daan
14. David
15. Ruben
16. Noah

1. Amber
2. Lisa
3. Julia
4. Maria
5. Emma
6. Anna
7. Laura
8. Sanne
9. Tessa
10. Romy
11. Iris
12. Charlotte
13. Fleur
14. Femke
15. Merel
16. Anne

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.9 million citizens.
• June 13 » Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
• August 11 » An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.
• September 14 » Microsoft releases Windows ME.
• September 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.
• October 31 » Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
• December 12 » The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.

The temperature on July 12, 2000 was between 9.5 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.